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Home repair companies in Sangamon County, IL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for home repair companies in Sangamon County, IL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,038 of 2,057 scored counties
#16 of 76 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 104
- 8 chain locations (8%)
- Official establishments
- 114
- −0.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $232M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,737 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 194,170
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 104 home repair companies in Sangamon County. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 8%, against 4% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 12.3, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Household spending on home repairs, maintenance and insurance in Sangamon County comes to about $232M a year: $2,737 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 104 home repair companies, that is $2.2M per company, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 114 businesses with payroll in Sangamon County classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors, down 0.9% from 2019. That is one for every 744 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Sangamon County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Sangamon County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for home repair companies, ranking #1,038 of 2,057 scored counties and #16 of 76 scored counties in Illinois.
How Sangamon County compares
The same measures for Illinois and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Sangamon County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 744 | 647 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −0.9% | +1.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,737 | $2,919 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $75,357 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 115 → 114−0.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,353
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $103.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1048 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 96The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Sangamon County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Sangamon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 194,170−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 84,762
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 868 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 225
- Median household income
- $75,357+21.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,226
- Median home value
- $176,300
- Jobs located here
- 128,055
- Daytime population
- 233,017Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for home repair companies, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Sangamon County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Piatt County, IL | 71 | 6 | 8.7 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #181 of 2,057 |
| 2Ogle County, IL | 70 | 17 | 8.2 | $3.4M | −0.7% | #210 of 2,057 |
| 3Cook County, IL | 64 | 2,065 | 9.8 | $3M | −1.3% | #399 of 2,057 |
| 4Bureau County, IL | 63 | 10 | 7.1 | $3.6M | −2.1% | #434 of 2,057 |
| 5Boone County, IL | 62 | 21 | 10.8 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #496 of 2,057 |
| 6Rock Island County, IL | 57 | 58 | 9.4 | $2.7M | −1.7% | #696 of 2,057 |
| 7St. Clair County, IL | 57 | 105 | 10.4 | $2.6M | −2.5% | #697 of 2,057 |
| 8Monroe County, IL | 57 | 17 | 12.3 | $2.6M | −0.3% | #698 of 2,057 |
| 9Franklin County, IL | 55 | 11 | 6.8 | $3.4M | −2.1% | #769 of 2,057 |
| 10Kendall County, IL | 55 | 77 | 17.0 | $1.9M | +9.9% | #810 of 2,057 |
| 16Sangamon County, IL | 50 | 104 | 12.3 | $2.2M | −1.0% | #1,038 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Sangamon County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
- Home repair trades50
- HVAC and plumbing56
- Electricians62
- Roofing and gutters32
- Lawn, cleaning and pest control26
- Landscaping and lawn care31
- House cleaning36
- Pest control40
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Sangamon County, IL?
There are 104 home repair companies on map listings in Sangamon County as of September 2026. 8 of them (8%) are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 114 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023, down 0.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Sangamon County, IL spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $232M a year, or $2,737 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 104 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,762 households in Sangamon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sangamon County, IL compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Sangamon County has 12.3 home repair companies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.2M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of home repair companies to household spending, Sangamon County would have about 96, against 104 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 744 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S. The official count fell 0.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.6% for the U.S.
How fast is Sangamon County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Sangamon County at 194,170 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 84,762 households. Median household income in Sangamon County is $75,357, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.7%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Sangamon County scores 50 for home repair companies (upper middle), #1,038 of 2,057 scored counties.
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